English Explanatory Dictionary

Goldthwaite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A habitational surname from Old Norse.
  2. A small city, the county seat of Mills County, Texas, United States, named after George (Joe) Goldthwaite. Understood to be the geographical centre of Texas.

Word forms

Goldthwaite Goldthwaites

Etymology

Perhaps a habitational surname from a minor place in South Yorkshire, named with Old Norse gil (“ravine, gully”) + þveit (“paddock, meadow”), even though the modern surname is more associated with Essex than Yorkshire.

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